Verbal processes in the Covid-19 news discourses: An analysis of ‘aswaqpress.com’ coverage on Malaysia: Proses verbal dalam wacana berita Covid-19: Analisis portal ‘aswaqpress.com’ berkaitan Malaysia
al-Irsyad: Journal of Islamic and Contemporary Issues
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Verbal processes in the Covid-19 news discourses: An analysis of ‘aswaqpress.com’ coverage on Malaysia: Proses verbal dalam wacana berita Covid-19: Analisis portal ‘aswaqpress.com’ berkaitan Malaysia
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Ismail, Muhammad Marwan
Harun, Farah Nadia Mohammad, Wan Moharani Muhammad Saad, Nurhasma Ismail , Sulaiman |
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Covid-19
Arabic Online News Critical Discourse Analysis Corpus Linguistics Verbal Process |
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December 2019 marked the emergence of a deadly virus known as Covid-19. Since then, we have been battling the virus, which has infected more than 250 million people and killed 4.5 million globally. The pandemic has become the headline of almost every media outlet, local and international news agency. Hence, this article aims to examine the Arabic online news discourse of the event by focusing on the verbal processes strategically utilised in reporting the pandemic in Malaysia. This study's data consists of Modern Standard Arabic online news published by Aswaq (aswaqpress.com) news portal between January and July 2021. Aswaq provides Arabic news and information on Malaysia to the Arab world. Hence, the information provided by the portal is vital in portraying Malaysia to Arab audiences, particularly in framing the way Malaysia deals with the Covid-19. The study employs corpus linguistics analytical tools using corpus software AntConc 3.5.8 (2019). Then, the quantitative result will be analysed using a qualitative approach based on the textual-oriented Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) of Fairclough (1992). It is shown that Aswaq has strategically utilised various verbal processes to report on the word said and articulated around the pandemic. The diversity of verbal processes usage indicates different connotations that hint at different strategic approaches in reporting the news. Hence, it may lead to uncovering the outlet stance of the event. Finally, the study will present suggestions for other related studies in the future.
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FPPI Press
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2021-12-23
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article |
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application/pdf
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http://al-irsyad.kuis.edu.my/index.php/alirsyad/article/view/237
10.53840/alirsyad.v6i2.237 |
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al-Irsyad: Journal of Islamic and Contemporary Issues; Vol. 6 No. 2 (2021): al-Irsyad: Journal of Islamic and Contemporary Issues; 745-756
2550-1992 0128-116X 10.53840/alirsyad.v6i2 |
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eng
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http://al-irsyad.kuis.edu.my/index.php/alirsyad/article/view/237/102
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Copyright (c) 2021 al-Irsyad: Journal of Islamic and Contemporary Issues
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 |
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